Trade & FA 2024-25:

[SleepingHero]

this market is crazy someone like mikal costs half a dozen picks. dude is a good player but Knicks are dishing out picks like peanuts. by this standard I think we'd better give up those grant/Simons considerations and settle for some role players given the poor assets we have.

I think this was a rare case and doesn't affect the market overall. Knicks HAD to overpay because Bridges was on the Nets of all teams. Those 2 teams never make deals with each other for a reason. Last time this happened this was over 40 years ago. 

Nets told the Knicks if you want Bridges, you gotta pay up. And the Knicks did.